President Donald Trump touted U.S. access to Venezuelan oil after ousting Nicolas Maduro, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio pointed to other foreign policy priorities. Trump said U.S. oil companies will invest billions of dollars to rebuild the country’s energy infrastructure after years of mismanagement that has slashed production despite Venezuela having the world’s largest…
RG: Does this intervention deal another blow to the credibility of international law globally? Aprajita Kashyap (AK): There is a lot of debate about whether this intervention or others by the US were justified. The US has claimed that its interventions are intended to protect its security interests, investments, democracy and human rights, and to…
The doctrine formulated by President James Monroe was originally aimed at opposing European meddling in the Western Hemisphere. It has since been invoked repeatedly by subsequent presidents angling to justify U.S. intervention in the region. On Saturday, the consequential doctrine of America’s fifth president was cited by the 47th president as partial justification for the capture of…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! With Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro extracted from Caracas on Jan. 3, Venezuelans and the world are anxious to learn about the future that awaits. In a press conference following the Maduro operation on Saturday, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. is “going to run the country”…
President Donald Trump’s plan to take control of Venezuela’s oil industry and ask American companies to revitalise it after capturing President Nicolas Maduro in a raid isn’t likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices. Venezuela’s oil industry is in disrepair after years of neglect and international sanctions, so it could…
After Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s capture, President Trump said “we’re going to run the country” for now. Charlie D’Agata reports on the operation. Source link
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said he spoke with President Donald Trump directly to register his opposition to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro and his wife by the US military, as he termed the unilateral attack on a sovereign nation an act of war. Maduro and his wife Cilia…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday is reviving memories of the dramatic 1989 takedown of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, which coincidentally took place 36 years ago to the day of Maduro’s Jan. 3 capture. Under former President George H.W. Bush,…
The U.S. strike on Venezuela is targeting the country’s oil sector, which includes some of the richest crude reserves in the world. Â “We’re going to rebuild the oil infrastructure, which will cost billions of dollars, it will be paid for by the oil companies directly. And we’re going to get the oil flowing the…
President Trump’s decision to send U.S. forces into Venezuela to capture President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and return them to the U.S. to face drug charges elicited condemnation from legal experts and other critics who argued that the operation — conducted without congressional or United Nations approval — clearly violated U.S. and international law….